My Z23's arrived a little while ago but I have not installed yet. My car only has 1,800 miles and I can already feel a slight ridge on the rotors. The stock Brembo pads eat rotors and they aren't cheap. I'll swap in the Z23's very soon and hope they are more rotor friendly.

I have the Z26 pads up front on my Charger, and I put them on after about 3 weeks of taking delivery. I couldn't stand the dust on my car, as it's a daily driver, and 1 trip to/from work and I'd have to re-clean the wheels. There is zero squeal / noise with the Z26 pads. If you do frequent heavy start / slow downs, I would assume the higher temp rated Z26 pads would be a better choice.

I can't think of a reason you'd need new rotors at this point. Maybe in a few years and a bunch more miles. Meanwhile the factory originals are just fine.

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Thx Jim, that's what I thought but my HC tech told me to get them changed out soon, before summer and those suckers aren't cheap. Only the front he said and I am looking to change the pads to Z26 and get OEM or a better rated rotor. I already had to change out the tires and would like another option besides the P-Zeros. I'm at 19k miles, I've been driving this thing a lot. Any suggestions?

My past experience with an '08 Challenger was that the Brembo pads had eaten all 4 rotors by 40k miles. They were worn below limits for turning. So I replaced the rotors and the pads with Hawk ceramic pads. Those ceramic pads needed a lot more pedal pressure but they didn't eat the rotors like the Brembos did. On my '15 Charger HC I replaced the Brembo pads with the Z23's at about 700 miles. I now have about 9k miles on the HC and I can't feel any ridge at all on the stock rotors. And I feel no difference in pedal pressure or stopping power. Time will tell but I think you will be as happy with the Z26's as I am with the Z23's. I think I would have my rotors turned if I weren't replacing the Brembo pads until 19k miles.

My past experience with an '08 Challenger was that the Brembo pads had eaten all 4 rotors by 40k miles. They were worn below limits for turning. So I replaced the rotors and the pads with Hawk ceramic pads. Those ceramic pads needed a lot more pedal pressure but they didn't eat the rotors like the Brembos did. On my '15 Charger HC I replaced the Brembo pads with the Z23's at about 700 miles. I now have about 9k miles on the HC and I can't feel any ridge at all on the stock rotors. And I feel no difference in pedal pressure or stopping power. Time will tell but I think you will be as happy with the Z26's as I am with the Z23's. I think I would have my rotors turned if I weren't replacing the Brembo pads until 19k miles.

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Wow. My technician said you can't turn these rotors. I'll ask him about it though. I'm past 19k miles now

When you say grooved, what exactly is that? I know it sounds obvious enough. My 392 has 50,000 on it, original pads and the rotors have a lip around the outer edge. Does that mean they will need to be replaced?

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